This is a summary of a video that showcases 15 of the largest fruits and vegetables ever grown. Some of the examples are:
- A pumpkin that weighs 2,625 pounds and holds the Guinness World Record for heaviest pumpkin.
- A watermelon that weighs 350 pounds and is the heaviest watermelon ever recorded.
- A grapefruit that weighs 7 pounds and has the largest circumference of any grapefruit.
- A marrow that weighs 150 pounds and is the result of a special cross-pollination technique.
- An onion that weighs 18 pounds and is grown by Peter Glazebrook, who also holds records for longest parsnip and heaviest cauliflower.
- A strawberry that weighs 8.82 ounces and has multiple heads fused together.
- A potato that weighs 8 pounds and is grown by Peter Glazebrook, who also holds the record for heaviest potato.
- An apple that weighs 4.1 pounds and is the heaviest apple ever recorded.
- A tomato that weighs 8.4 pounds and is the result of a mega bloom, a phenomenon where multiple blossoms grow together.
- A leek that weighs 23.5 pounds and is grown by Paul Rochester, who also holds the record for heaviest onion.
- A cantaloupe that weighs 67 pounds and is the heaviest cantaloupe in the world.
- A cauliflower that weighs 60 pounds and is grown by Peter Glazebrook, who also holds records for heaviest onion and longest parsnip.
- A lemon that weighs 11.9 pounds and is the heaviest lemon ever recorded.
- A radish that measures 22 feet in length and is grown by Joe Atherton, who also holds records for longest parsnip and carrot.
- A jackfruit that weighs 94 pounds and is the heaviest jackfruit ever recorded. It is also the largest tree-borne fruit in the world.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The largest pumpkin in history weighed 2,625 pounds or 1,190 kilograms and was grown by Matthias Willemijns in Belgium in 2016.
2. The heaviest watermelon was 350 pounds or 159 kilograms and was grown by Chris Kent of Tennessee in 2013.
3. The heaviest grapefruit was 7 pounds or 3.2 kilograms and had a circumference of 28.75 inches or 73 centimeters. It was grown by Mary Beth and Doug Meyer of Louisiana in 2019.
4. The heaviest marrow was 150 pounds or 68 kilograms and was grown by Philip Bowers of England in 2020.
5. The heaviest onion was 18 pounds and one ounce or 8.16 kilograms and was grown by Peter Glazebrook of England in 2012.
6. The heaviest strawberry was 8.82 ounces or 250 grams and had a length of 4.7 inches or 12 centimeters. It was grown by Koji Nakao of Japan in 2015.
7. The heaviest potato was a replica of a six-ton potato that serves as a hotel in Idaho. The heaviest real potato was 8 pounds or 3.8 kilograms and was grown by Peter Glazebrook of England in 2011.
8. The heaviest apple was 4.1 pounds or 1.8 kilograms and was grown by Chisato Iwasaki of Japan in 2005.
9. The heaviest tomato was 8.4 pounds or 3.8 kilograms and was grown by Dan McCoy of Minnesota in 2014.
10. The heaviest leek was 23.5 pounds or 10.7 kilograms and was grown by Paul Rochester of England in 2018.
11. The heaviest cantaloupe was 67 pounds or 30 kilograms and was grown by William McCaslin of Kentucky in 2019.
12. The heaviest lemon was 11.9 pounds or 5.2 kilograms and had a circumference of 29 inches or 74 centimeters. It was grown by Aharon Shemoel of Israel in 2003.
13. The heaviest cauliflower was almost 60 pounds or 27.5 kilograms and had a diameter of six feet or two meters. It was grown by Peter Glazebrook of England in 2014.
14. The heaviest avocado was four pounds or 1.8 kilograms and belonged to the Avozilla variety that originated from South Africa.
15. The longest parsnip was over twenty-one feet or six meters long and the longest radish was over twenty-two feet or six meters long. Both were grown by Joe Atherton of England in 2017.
16. The heaviest carrot was twenty-two point seven pounds or ten point one seven kilograms and was grown by Chris Qualley of Minnesota in 2017.
17. The jackfruit is the largest tree-borne fruit and can weigh up to eighty pounds or thirty-six kilograms and measure up to thirty-six inches or ninety centimeters long.
18. The heaviest jackfruit weighed ninety-four pounds or forty-two kilograms and had a length of twenty-two point five inches or fifty-seven centimeters long. It was found on a farm affiliated with the Jackford Company in India in 2016.
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